Can anyone assist please.
I have a friend in Japan who has little English and I have little
Japanese. Is there a program
which will convert my English e mails , or word docs to Japanese so
he can read them and vice
versa, so that I can convert his Japanese e mails to English so I can
read them.
In short - no. I lived in Japan many years and although I have seen
some attempts at programs to do the job I have not found any that do
it well. The main problem is that Japanese is a much smaller language
that often deals in concepts rather than literary translations. I can
only recommend having someone help you or take up the study. Sorry.
One thing you can buy that might help is that you can get Pocket
Electronic Dictionaries over there. I had a small Seiko one and it
was not bad. Just make sure you buy one that is in 'Romaji' which
means Romanized letters or you wont be able to read it unless you
know Japanese writing - and there are 3 writing forms!
By the way ( a shameless plug ) I am running a course at UWA Autumn
Classes on Tuesday nights from the 3rd of March through to Mid April
on Demystifying Japanese Culture. You might find it useful before you
go.
Cheers,
Brad
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Brad Helden
Japanese Culture Consultant
Japanese Typesetting & Translation
Perth, Western Australia
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